Anonymous asked:
Freeways are NOT safer than surface streets, the most deadly accidents happen on freeways due to the high speeds involved. Look up actual statistics and go to drivers ed b4 you bootlick for freeways.
imakemyownnotes answered:
My very first ask! Thanks anon!
So, even though you called me a bootlicker for advocating for public transit, I’m going to address the core of your argument and leave out the ad hominem.
1. Couldn’t find any statistics on freeway vs. surface streets percentage. If you’ve got it, let me know and stop using the smoothbrained alt-right “do your research” line. Only related thing I could find is that 17% of traffic deaths are pedestrians, which (statistically) don’t occur on freeways.
2. I suspect you’re right that more fatal crashes occur on freeways! However, we have to adjust for how much travel time is spent on freeways vs. surface streets. If they’re far more heavily used (spoilers: they are), then even a higher number of deaths still equates to a LOWER number of deaths per capita, meaning they’re safer. That’s statistics, even if they don’t agree with your world view.
3. (And this one is really important) Freeways suck. They suck for a plethora of reasons. There’s so much scholarship and research on the suckiness of freeways. Public transit infrastructure is the solution to that problem. I will never advocate for the expansion of freeways (or even their use over surface streets), especially at the expense of a robust public transit system.
Huh, I guess I addressed the bootlicker comment after all, you sly devil.
Also I'm gonna be really sad if it was actually @amtrak-official that sent this because I love their account... but they haven't blocked me so probably not!
I didn't send the ask, I disagree about the safety of freeways thing, but I think that it's just rude to dog pile on people and I try to avoid that. And I do agree that public transit is key to solving our transportation problems not freeway expansion
Also I just don’t block people on here much, the only people I have blocked was a TERF who got mad at me for reclaiming queer slurs and an anon who sent me the n word for no reason
